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Culture editor Jessica Steinberg joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (Orit Pnini)
August 19, 2026, 2:20 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 19 – Former Hamas hostage fulfills a dream at Nir Oz
Culture editor Jessica Steinberg on Sagui Dekel-Chen’s performance of 9 songs composed in captivity, new films documenting October 7, 2023, and an ongoing boycott of Israeli artists
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jessica Steinberg
Actor Noa Cohen in Avi Nesher's October 7 film, 'Our Loves' coming to Israeli theaters in September 2026. (Courtesy)
August 4, 2026, 4:42 pm
Avi Nesher’s Oct. 7 retelling, ‘Our Loves,’ to screen at Toronto Film Festival
Film included despite Israeli directors’ ongoing struggle against cultural boycotts; producers say it is a valuable way to tell Israel’s side of the Hamas-led massacre
By Jessica Steinberg
(L-R) Neta Orbach, Mor Dimri, Moshe Rosenthal, Yair Mazor, Ido Tako, Keren Tzur and Assi Cohen attend the 'Tell Me Everything' Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at The Ray Theatre on January 25, 2026 in Park City, Utah. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images/AFP)
August 2, 2026, 12:22 pm
‘Tell Me Everything’ tops Ophir Awards nominations with highest-ever 16 nods
Also competing in best picture category – which determines Israel’s submission to Oscars — is Avi Nesher’s ‘Our Loves’ about the intertwining stories of characters on October 7
By Amy Spiro
Actor Noa Cohen in Avi Nesher's October 7 film, 'Our Loves,' coming to Israeli theaters in September 2026 (Courtesy)
July 16, 2026, 9:34 am
Sidestepping boycotts, Avi Nesher’s Oct. 7 film gets a little closer to the Oscars
At Jerusalem Film Festival panel this week, famed director discusses blacklisting of Israeli filmmakers while showcasing ‘Our Loves,’ his new feature about the 2023 Hamas invasion
By Jessica Steinberg
Filmmaker Tom Nesher, left, and movie star Gal Gadot in Los Angeles on November 11, at an event introducing Nesher's award-winning film 'Come Closer' to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Courtesy)
November 12, 2024, 5:38 pm
Gal Gadot hosts Academy members for screening of Israel’s Oscars choice
Movie star introduces ‘Come Closer’ and filmmaker Tom Nesher to Academy Award members and industry leaders
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli filmmaker Tom Nesher is seen speaking at the Tribeca Film Festival, in this screenshot from a post to Instagram. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 14, 2024, 12:42 pm
Israeli filmmaker Tom Nesher’s debut feature wins prize at Tribeca Film Festival
Director of ‘Come Closer,’ based on her own family’s tragedy, thanks festival directors for standing up to anti-Israel pressure and choosing to show the film
By ToI Staff
A photo from Tom Nesher's debut film, 'Come Closer' which will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2024 (Courtesy)
May 14, 2024, 6:13 pm
Young Israeli filmmaker’s first feature chosen to compete at Tribeca Film Fest
‘Come Closer,’ debut work of Tom Nesher, daughter of Israeli director Avi Nesher, to feature at prestigious New York film festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Sam Spiegel Lab director Mor Eldar (far left), director Avi Nesher, producer Marek Rozenbaum, director Orit Fouks Rotem and series creator Aleeza Chanowitz at the Sam Spiegel Film Lab 10th anniversary celebration, May 3, 2023 (Courtesy Sam Spiegel Film School)
May 4, 2023, 2:55 pm
Sam Spiegel film school incubator celebrates first decade
The Jerusalem film school lab marks 10 years of teaching budding filmmakers
By Jessica Steinberg
Actors playing Israeli soldiers guarding Kibbutz Nitzanim in the Israeli war film 'Image of Victory.' (Netflix)
July 16, 2022, 4:15 am
New Israeli war drama revisits Egypt’s 1948 capture of a kibbutz
Avi Nesher’s ‘Image of Victory,’ now on Netflix, is being billed as the most expensive Israeli movie ever
By Andrew Lapin
Itzhak Asefa is seen with family and friends after his release from Hermon Prison on January 16, 2022. (David Cohen/Flash90 )
January 26, 2022, 2:38 pm
Soccer player jailed for deadly hit-and-run signs with team 10 days after release
Itzhak Asefa, convicted for 2018 crash that killed 17-year-old Ari Nesher, set to join Bnei Yehuda: ‘I know and understand that what happened cannot be undone’
By ToI Staff
Itzhak Asefa is seen with family and friends after his release from Hermon Prison on January 16, 2022. (Flash90)
January 16, 2022, 5:09 pm
Soccer player released after 2 years in prison for deadly hit-and-run
Yitzhak Asefa, sentenced to three years for 2018 crash that killed 17-year-old Ari Nesher, is embraced by family and friends
By ToI Staff
Ari Nesher at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy, 2017. (Iris Nesher)
November 18, 2019, 1:00 pm
Eerie photos of sleeping son focus of bereaved mother Iris Nesher’s new exhibit
‘Out of Time’ installation at Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art shows video based on collaborative art project shot prior to 17-year-old Ari’s death in a road accident last year
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Director Avi Nesher (left), with his son, Ari and wife, Iris (Courtesy Rafi Delouya)
September 24, 2019, 5:16 pm
Prosecutors close manslaughter case against teen cyclist in fatal crash
District attorney says it was difficult to establish facts in hit-and-run that claimed life of Ari Nesher, 17; young age of suspect also taken into account
By ToI Staff
Israeli Premier League soccer player Yitzhak Asefa is brought to the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court under suspicion of involvement in a hit-and-run collision that killed a 17-year-old boy in Tel Aviv on September 24, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 10, 2019, 2:07 pm
Soccer player convicted for leaving scene after hit-and-run that killed teen
Yitzhak Asefa also found guilty of obstructing justice; abandoned Ari Nesher and another boy lying in the road after hitting their bike
By ToI Staff
Director Avi Nesher, left, with Nathan Goshen on the set of 'The Other Story.' (Michal Fattal)
June 28, 2019, 3:21 pm
The perspective that helped Israeli director Avi Nesher create ‘The Other Story’
The latest release from one of the Holy Land’s most beloved filmmakers is already collecting accolades — partly, he tells ToI, because he chose Israel’s film scene over Hollywood
By Jordan Hoffman
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